Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1887-09-13

An old man named Michael McPhee, deaf
mute, while crossing Kenduskeag bridge at
Bangor, was knocked down and run over by
passing team. His leg was so badly injured
that it will have to be amputlted.
Chandler Porter, an employee in John
Morrison & Co. 8 mill at Saltwater was terri
bly, burned Thursday. He was standing in
the furnace room when suddenly the fire
flashed out from the great furnace door, burn
ing his hands and face shockingly. 1t will
require weeks for him to recover from his
injuries.
Bangor parties have embarked in a new
enterprise. Every mill on the river wastes
great quantities of sawdust. 1t has not been
available for shipping because of its bulk.
Now an hydraulic press has been invented to
press the ssw-dust and reduce its bulk some
seventy five per cent, and in this shape it can
be shipped. G. E. Mitchell has started the
industry at Stern's Mills and is meeting with
quite good success.
The Bodwell Water Power Company's mill
at Milford is turning out the largest product
of any lumber mill in the State-250,OOO feet
every twenty-four hours. The mill is leased
and operated by five different parties, viz b.
B. Thatcher and VIM. Engel & Co.. of Ban
gor; Moses Jordan and Mr.. Longley of Old
town, and NJ. A. Austin of Milford.
A Dexter correspondent to the Commercial
writes Four or five more deaths occurred in
Dexter from the prevailing bowel complaint
last Sunday. This disease has been attended
with great fatality in the last few weeks, and
in quite number of cases the patients have
recovered only after going to deaths door.
The doctors don't seem to understand it, and
it is suggested that tie situation is grave
enough to warrant visit from the State
Board of Health The appointment of such
board and its maintenance at the expense of
the State pre- supposes that they possess skill
and knowledge which especially fits them to
solve such problems. In this place whole
| families have been Frustrated, and so far as
can be discovered, for no special cause.
The electric light has made the greatest
possible hit in Dexter. There are demands
for many more lights than can possibly be
supplied BY the station and they are COM
mencing t. talk of increased facilities in the
shape of new dynamo or new plant. The
electric light makes no failure in an enter
prisiug place.
Benz Lewis, of Bangor, leaves this week
for the Canada line, 45 miles from Sher
brooke on the International Railway, where
he will cut the timber for a four masted l20C
ton schooner to be built by the New England
Shipbuilding Company, of Bath. The N. E
S. Co. contracted last May to build five OF
these big four masters. One has beer
launched, two were burned on the stocks in
the fire of few weeks ago, fourth is near
ing completion, and the frame of the fifth viii
soon be on the ground in readiness to set up
Mr.. Littlefeld states that it will take about
three weeks to get out the frame, twelve mer
being employed on the job. The frames o.
these big fellows are of mixed woods, having
juniper tops and hard wood bottoms. The
firm of Lewis 4 Littlefisid, of which he is the
senior, have cut seven vessel frames since
January LIST last, the one above mentioned
being the eighth. The most of the timber
was cut near Wytopitlock station on the E
& n. A. division of the Maine Central Rail.
road. They have just shipped frame, also
for q 1900 ton four master to H NJ Bean, the
Camden shipbuilder. Commercial.
PIscATAoUIs.
A Greenville man, Arthur Sawyer, has in
vented new water wheel which he has pu
into the Eveleth mill. He has been som.
time in perfecting the arrangement, ant
thinks it will be a fine thing.
SOMERSET.
ST.. ALBANs.-Our correspondent write,
Sept. Is: The new corn canning factory